{"product_id":"detailing-worlds-a-conceptual-history-of-architectural-detail-paperback","title":"Detailing Worlds: A Conceptual History of Architectural Detail - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Bellin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 21st century, the word \"detail\" appears constantly in discussions of building, and we use it in many different ways-yet just over 250 years ago, \"detail\" meant nothing at all particular to the work of architects, engineers, or builders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetailing Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the origins and evolution of \"detail\" as a concept with meanings specific to practices of building. By exploring how past meanings and roles were ascribed to detail in different \"worlds of practice\"-those of academics, technicians, students, engineers, and architects-\u003ci\u003eDetailing Worlds \u003c\/i\u003elooks to the future, illuminating the ways disciplinary knowledge and the concepts on which it is based evolve and change over time. It is a story about how such concepts are slowly but constantly reconceived, redefined, and transformed by individuals as they interact with one another, and how this process is shaped by the ever-changing sociocultural and technological dimensions of the world around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated with more than 200 images, including figures from rare texts, archival student drawings, and practitioners' construction documents from the 18th through 20th centuries, \u003ci\u003e Detailing Worlds \u003c\/i\u003eventures to tell the history of a disciplinary-specific idea and offer insights about how we think and speak about the practice of building today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Bellin\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.62 x 7.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44474531053703,"sku":"9781350204416","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/Sb0k2rnnLx9781350204416.webp?v=1776268004","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/detailing-worlds-a-conceptual-history-of-architectural-detail-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}